Senior Policy Advisor

Are you a motivated policy professional with excellent leadership capabilities ready to take your career to the next level? Do you want to support implementation of Ontario's Priority Transit Projects in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Region?

Consider bringing your enthusiasm, policy analysis skills, and experience to our dedicated team within the Ministry of Transportation's Transit Delivery and Partnerships Branch. This is your opportunity to develop policies and strategies on how the province and municipalities collaborate to plan, fund, oversee, and govern the delivery of major transit projects across the province.

Why work for the Ontario Public Service?
The Ontario Public Service (OPS) is committed to being an employer of first choice, creating a positive and inclusive work environment.

We offer:
• A defined benefit pension plan
• Flexible work arrangements
• Collegial and professional work culture
• Career growth and development opportunities across multiple business areas
• We provide on-the-job training to support your success in the role.

OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism:We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.

We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code. Refer to the "How to apply" section if you require a disability-related accommodation.

What can I expect to do in this role?As a Senior Policy Advisor, you will:
• Provide strategic policy analysis, commercial support, and oversight on major provincial transit infrastructure projects across the province.
• Undertake all aspects of policy and program development such as research and analysis, issue identification, and development of options and recommendations.
• Assess and provide strategic advice on the challenges and opportunities of delivering and maintaining transit infrastructure.
• Conduct stakeholder management by developing and maintaining relationships with transit agencies, other governments including municipalities, and other stakeholders.
• Provide policy advice to senior management and staff through reports, briefing notes, and presentations.

How do I qualify?Analytical, Problem Solving and Research Skills• You have analytical and problem solving skills to lead research and analysis of developments in support of transportation initiatives.
• You can evaluate competing interests and identify issues and impacts to develop negotiating strategies and solutions using problem solving skills.
• You have demonstrated research skills to plan and undertake complex transit policy research.

Project Management and Planning Skills• You have project management skills to consult and coordinate projects with internal and external stakeholders.
• You can use project management and planning skills to ensure viability of all reports and recommendations.
• You can use planning skills to plan, organize and execute projects with teams of staff and consultants.

Communication and Consultation Skills• You can use consultation skills to identify areas of concern and resolve problems with municipal officials, agency officials and partner ministries.
• You can work collaboratively to resolve issues, negotiate changes and shifts in priorities.
• You have partnership and consensus building skills to develop effective linkages with multi-jurisdictional stakeholders.
• You can prepare reports, presentations, briefings and recommendations.
• You can discuss policies and directions with a variety of contacts.
• You can prepare and present to senior management and stakeholders.

Transportation Policy Knowledge• You have knowledge of government planning and policy development processes and strategic directions to plan, develop and coordinate major transit projects.
• You have knowledge of the private transportation sector and multi-modal transportation theory principles and practices to anticipate emerging issues and trends and identify social, environmental and land use impacts.
• You know economic theory and principles in order to support decision making.
• You have knowledge of municipal structure and transit governance to determine impacts and assess requests.

Additional Information:

Note:

• Less qualified applicants may be considered on an underfill basis.
• The information that you provide for the purpose of this competition and the results from this competition may be used to fill other positions. These positions may be of various tenures including short-term assignments. Your information and the results from this competition will be retained for the purpose of filling vacancies in accordance with the applicable collective agreement or policy provisions.
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How to apply:

1. You must apply online.
2. Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.
3. Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.
4. Read the job description to make sure you understand this job.
5. OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.
6. If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please Contact Us to provide your contact information. Recruitment services team will contact you within 48 hours.

All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.

Remember: The deadline to apply is Tuesday, December 3, 2024 11:59 pm EST. Late applications will not be accepted.

We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for further screening or an interview will be contacted.

All Ontario Public Service external job advertisements are posted in English and French. To confirm the language requirements of a job, check the "language of position" information at the top of each job ad. For all positions, candidates will be assessed in English, the business language of the Ontario Public Service. For English/French designated bilingual positions, candidates will also be assessed through French-language proficiency testing.

Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario sont affichées en anglais et en français. Pour connaître les exigences linguistiques, vérifiez les renseignements sur la « langue du poste » figurant dans le haut de chaque offre d'emploi. Pour tous les postes, l'évaluation des candidates et candidats se fera en anglais, la langue usuelle de la fonction publique de l'Ontario. En ce qui concerne les postes désignés bilingues, la maîtrise du français des candidates et candidats sera également évaluée.

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